{"id":9486,"date":"2023-03-30T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/?page_id=9486"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:59:37","slug":"citing-chatgpt-and-other-generative-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/ofe-teaching-principles\/clear-course-design\/practical-responses-to-chat-gpt\/citing-chatgpt-and-other-generative-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing Generative AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Citing AI-Produced Content Responsibly<\/h3>\n<p>We are still learning how to ethically use and cite generative AI resources. As such, err on the side of transparency. Here are some general strategies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Link.<\/strong> Some generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, allow users to share a link to retrieve individual chats. For those tools, use the citation guidance below\u00a0 and include a link.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transcript.<\/strong> Save a transcript of your chat. Include it with your work as an appendix or as a supplemental material available online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acknowledgement statement.<\/strong> Describe how you used the tool. This strategy can be convenient when you only use generative AI to plan your paper or generate ideas and don&#8217;t include any of its generated content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This section of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a derivative of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.slcc.edu\/ChatGPT\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AI, ChatGPT, and the Library Libguide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.slcc.edu\/prf.php?id=5de50602-7cdb-11ed-9922-0ad758b798c3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy Scheelke<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slcc.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salt Lake Community College<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is licensed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CC BY-NC 4.0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Citing AI, by Citation Style<\/h3>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apastyle.apa.org\/blog\/how-to-cite-chatgpt\">APA<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/citing-generative-ai-updated-revised\/\">MLA<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/qanda\/data\/faq\/topics\/Documentation\/faq0422.html\">Chicago<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2026 1:59 pm<\/em><\/p> CC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2022\/08\/CC.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"80\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTeaching Resources by\u00a0<a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/?\">Montclair State University Office for Faculty Excellence<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under a\u00a0<a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third-party content is not covered under the Creative Commons license and may be subject to additional intellectual property notices, information, or restrictions. 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